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What are your thoughts on Sims 4 so far?
Aussie_Simmer
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I'm curious to see what everyone who has it thinks of the game! I don't get the game until Thursday.
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It's really interesting and in-depth. There's a lot to do socially, and it runs REALLY smoothly even on high graphics
Are you in Australia?
I can't wait to play it!
That's good!
The game is fun and a solid foundation. I'm glad to be back into the Sims again with this one.
Careers are more detailed than I thought they would be, which is positive!
Some Simmers have been complaining about clipping, but I'd much rather have that than the routing issues if I have to choose.
There are a few, little graphics bugs. Hopefully those get sorted.
All in all I am pleasantly surprised, but my mind isn't blown. That may or may not change when my first generation has his baby, though
I do LOVE the new engine of TS4, just need to get used to More Load Screens..
*EDIT* The whole Nothing available to do while sims are at work is Kind of annoying..
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Young children have awesome interactions now. I was very impressed by the musical instruments for kids. No longer do I have to wait for my children to grow into teens to max their music talents. Children aren't as limited as they were in TS3 in regards to caps on their skill trees. They have their own aspirations to fulfill for their childhood lifespan as well. They're a lot more interesting and responsive.
I could go on for hours about the gardening, how fluid the game is, how pregnancy is not such a burdensome pain in my bootie now, but I'm about to face plant into my pillow if I don't go to sleep soon, so I'll just say this.
I have had so much fun in this game tonight, that I'm extremely annoyed at how much trolling this game release has endured. My single consolation in that regard, though, is that I know they're missing out on a great sim installment... and boy does that ever make me smile. lol
- The game runs very smooth on my PC, 60 fps on Ultra settings. + load and save times are much shorter. Graphics look great!
- The new UI looks amazing. It's much easier to find a certain object in Build mode.
- I like the new possibilities in Build mode. There are TONS of new options to create unique houses. And the controls are easy.
- Multitasking is amazing. This is a big improvement. My Sims feel more human because of this. It's very cool to see them talking while they're playing games for example. Though they tend to change (seating) positions a lot when they're in a conversation, which is kinda annoying.
- Emotions are awesome! Again, a huge improvement. Now you actually notice that your Sim is angry, sad, emotional and so forth. It's so much fun to see you're Sim hiding in his bed when he's embarrassed. Again, they feel more like humans.
- Public places are fun! I never really like public places in The Sims 3, because they were kinda chaotic. In The Sims 4 this changed a lot. It's a lot of fun to go to the gym and talk to other Sims during your workout. And I like that when you're sitting in the bar talking to another Sim, other Sims can join the conversation.
- Promotions. Even though the new careers are not really my thing I do like the new system. You have to complete certain tasks to get a promotion. When you actually get a promotion you'll also receive a gift like a new PC when you're a blogger.
- The world is beautiful. Yes, we don't have an open world like in The Sims 3 anymore. But because of this the game runs very smooth. And the world looks much nicer now. My Sim was eating in the backyard yesterday and the view was amazing. I could see a fast food restaurant and a highway and beautiful hills. Really nice.
So far great impressions. It really feels like a new Sim game and it's a very solid base game!
What I don't like so far are the careers. It's cool to be an astronaut but not very realistic. I miss the business, medical, political, law enforcement careers and so forth. I'm don't understand why the developers removed those.
Maybe my opinion will change after playing it again later today, but for now I'm impressed. Yes, they removed some big things like pools and toddlers, and I'm not happy about that but they've added many new cool things.
Compliments to the developers and everyone else that worked on this great game!
My computer is decidedly mid-range for gaming and I'm running this on Ultra with loading screens that are, at worst, 11 seconds long, and typically much faster than that. I haven't found the loading screens to be a problem.
Overall, I am really enjoying it.
Currently , I am playing a single sim. Moved her in to an empty lot, and made a wee starter house. I made it a little too big at first, which would have left her with no money, but it was easy to resize it to recover some funds.
I love gardening in game,so she's a gardener. I tried at first to have her be employed, but just like before it takes up so much time to garden that she had no time for fun or social. So now she is unemployed. Looks like it will be viable to support yourself gardening though, which is good. There's no $20 apples, but you seem to get more from harvesting a single plant, which adds up. On a funy note, since she is unemplyed, onbe of her options when talking to people is often "lie about career".
I have her up to level 4 gardening so far, I did buy some of the starter seeds at the beginning, but I found a lot of my new plants by wandering the neighborhood and park.
Love the populated world. No matter where I go, there seem to be a fair number of sims around. I have had random sims come to chat with mine while she is working in her backyard, which was fun. If I'm in a community lot, the townie and umplayed household sims seem to prefer to chat in groups, which I know they have done before, but it feels better somehow. I have run into the Goths and Bob Pancake, and chatted a bit. No sign of Amber yet, though, lol.
Love the animations while cooking. When she makes a "mistake" (dropping the salt shaker in the bowl, etc) she looks around like she is making sure no one caught it. And I loved that when she was cooking with a friend over, they kept talking while she was cooking.
There are some open park areas in my little neighborhood I can get to without having to travel, but when I do want to go to another neighborhood, the loading screens move pretty fast. Fully open world is cool, but given the lag it caused in game, I am good with the short screens when changing areas.
On the downside, I don't really like the flat terrain. I haven't had any sims walk through each other yet, but I have noticed a fair amount of clipping with things like arms on armrests of chairs, etc.
So, my 2 cents in a nutshell is that I really like the game, and I am looking forward to exploring it more fully.
-The graphics are amazing...very beautiful lots.
-I also like that the community lots are fully populated. It makes making friends, so much easier. The multi-tasking is pretty cool....my Sim was on the treadmill, watching TV and having a group conversation (I was able to raise athletic/cooking at the same time).
-The baby being in the crib worked well for my game; I thought I might miss the Sims 3 babies, but I don't. The baby still cries, and needs attention, & social worker will still come if you neglect it.
- The parties are better, than in other Sim games. I especially like the dinner party. With the multi-tasking, it was fun to see how they interact.
-The load screens were very fast on my computer. Not as big of a deal as I thought it would be.
-I like the group outings. Very easy to travel with a group of people to an outing
OK now for my dislikes
-I totally miss cars, school buses, carpool, etc. Walking off the edge to go to work, annoys me. So disappointing, considering cars were in Sims 2 and even PS3/Xbox Console games.
-It doesn't seem like there's enough community lots. I kept looking for a diner or some place to grab food.
**Overall, for me, it's a good game. It's totally outside of the 'Sims norm', and is very unique.
Find it hilarious that there's a loading screen just to visit your next door neighbor and mentioned in another post that a few doors don't have color swatches.
Also haven't ran into any glitches yet but others have.